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Which card should I buy?

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  • Asus
  • EVGA
  • Monitors
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October 8, 2013 10:05:57 AM

Hey all, I am uncertain of what card to get so I thought I would ask you guys. I have (3) Asus VG248QE 144mhz monitors and I will be gaming at 5760x1080. I having been going back and fourth about what card to buy for about 2 weeks. These are the options I am considering but I am open to suggestions.

Option 1 - EVGA GTX 780 Classified $699.99... I was looking at a bunch of different 780's, but after much research I read good things about EVGA's ACX cooler so I figured I would get a card with that. Also, the Classified is only $40 more now on newegg so I figured the extra dough was worth it.

Option 2 - EVGA GTX 690 $669.99... It is a used card on eBay but is sold by EVGA and comes with a 2 year warranty from EVGA so I figured that would suffice almost as good as new.

Option 3 - (2) EVGA GTX 770 FTW+ $479.99 each... I'm assuming this will be the best performing of the 3 selections but also considerably more expensive. And also was thinking the FTW because its only $40 more than the other 4gb versions on newegg.

I would prefer to use only 1 card at this point because I have a Corsair H100 and it is mounted at the rear of my case (Antec 1200) and it's covering my first PCIe lane. I'm sure that I can figure out something else and even mount it outside the case if needed. This card and my setup will be used for gaming, and gaming only. I also see that the 700 series cards are 3D ready as are my monitors (needing only an emmiter) so that is very appealing to me as well. I have been leaning towards option 1 because like I said I would prefer to do 1 card and it also allows me to upgrade in the future with an additional 780 card. I have used this as reference, but it doesn't have the 770's;

Here is the rest of my setup if it matters;

i7-3770K @4.5ghz
Asus P8Z77-V Pro
Corsair Vengeance 4x4 1866mhz
Corsair Force GT 240gb / WD 3tb intellipower
Corsair GS800 psu

Please let me know what you guys think. Thanks!

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October 8, 2013 10:09:35 AM

Wait for the radeon R9 290x ( it's faster than titan! ) :) 
Should be ~$650
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